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Vancouver Latin American Film Fest: Films, Workshops, and Celebrities
Here s some insight into this annual event, its films, opinions, the workshops, and even an interview with Guillermo Navarro (the award-winning c...
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Camila |
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A Social Revolution Begins -- Thousands Faceless on Facebook for the Arts
From CTV.ca --
While pooping puffins and sweater vests have made headlines during this year's election campaign, Canada's arts community says on...
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Shane_B |
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Cuban Salsa: In Vancouver
I interview and report on the ever-growing Cuban Salsa scene in Vancouver....
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Camila |
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Friday Art Splatter: Send it Out to Sea
Last night - in what had to be one of my highlight Richards performances of the year - I was able to enjoy a beautiful, sold out trip through Chad Van...
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Beyond Robson |
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Cadman's tape not doctored: court record
It'd be interesting if, and how, Harper would respond to this. hmmm CP - A tape recording at the centre of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's $3.5-mill...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Bye Bye Dragonboat?
Development in the eastern and northern shores of False Creek threatens the future of the Dragonboat Festival in Vancouver....
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Camila |
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KRAZY!
Are you wondering about where to place KRAZY!, the Vancouver Art Gallery's big summer show? Curious about how to situate an exhibition of popular cu...
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Junebug |
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Baring it All for Body Art
Last night, some of the best body art you could imagine was on display at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver.
Dominelli International Colleg...
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hippe_gal |
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All Aboard the Censorship
A look into both the reasoning and controversy behind the notorious Bill C-10. ...
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This is Vancouver Online with Roxanne Dame
Terrance Evans interviews Roxanne Dame from Rockroom Karaoke, an event hosting company in the lower-mainland that features local music talent. On-show...
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I Am My Family on the CBC
Rafael Goldchain's remarkable collection of photographs, I AM MY FAMILY: Photographic Memories and Fictions, has been causing quite stir! The book has...
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RAINCOAST BOOKS |
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The Audacious Intelligence of "The History Boys"
If you follow my Brews, you'd probably realize I usually feel like quite the fish-out-of-water at these opening night Arts Club performances, full as ...
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Beyond Robson |
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Cloud City Edit 07/08
Runtime: 1:55
Filmed during Fall07 through to Spring08
Song: Say Anything - We Killed It
This project started in the late summer of 07 when I wan...
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The History Boys & Fine Teachers Remembered
Harold Pinter wrote his first play, The Room in 1957. One year later my English teacher at St Edward's High School, in Austin, Texas, Brother Dunstan ...
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JJ on the great debate: Fashion and the Federal Election
Today, on The Point I'll be going over the fashion sense of Canada's federal party leaders as they appeared in last night's French debate from the Nat...
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Two surprises of the French debate
For those who have watched the French debate, what do you think?I have two surprises.First, I was surprised at Stephen Harper being on the defensive A...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Bernier bashes Harper's ‘dictator' style of rule: Couillard
This perhaps is the BEST story in this election campaign. Bravo Ms Couillard! You've added so much colours to this boring month of October. Thank you....
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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When they don't answer election questions….
So the Tories decided not to answer election questionaire on the environment.CBC - Environmental groups are calling the Conservative party's snub of t...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Georgia Straight: Ricepaper Magazine listed of "Best of Vancouver"
Ricepaper Magazine is the little magazine that could. It has outlasted many other Asian-American and Asian-Canadian magazines cover arts, culture an...
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Fifth Annual FMA Vancouver Pre-Event Reception
Arc2 Intertainment hosted the Fifth Annual FMA Vancouver 2008 Benefit Gala titled Sky 360 a the Centre for Performing Arts on Saturday night. T...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Friday Art Splatter - September 26
Well, another weekend is upon us - and along with it another seemingly endless list of great ways to hide from the... uh, sun? And it's almost October...
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Beyond Robson |
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Harper blames media overblowing ‘non-story' over immigrants=criminals comments
OK, now I realize why our immigration figure story has outraged the Tories. Because they think other than the messages they tell the public, eve...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Performance on Carrall Street this Tuesday
Art on Carrall - literally about Carrall Street. This is the kind of thing I've been thinking about for years, and now it looks like Althea Thauberger...
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Carrall Street Journal |
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Are we in a democracy Part II
I was hinted by some insiders today that the Tories are outraged over our story about the drop of Chinese and Indian immigrants since 2006.One C...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Sorel Etrog at Buschlen Mowatt Gallery
World renown artist Sorel Etrog stopped into the Buschlen Mowatt Gallery on Thursday night.In his honor, guests sipped on Etrogtinis, perused his famo...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Are we in a democracy?
After two weeks of missteps from candidates and several resignations were forced, Stephan Harper is stepping up control in communications. But is he g...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Don't 'Doubt' the Arts Club - A Powerful New Drama
After capping off a strong year at the Stanley earlier this summer with a triumphant run of The Producers, Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre kick off thei...
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Beyond Robson |
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Arts and public need
Heard that Harper made major cuts to arts programs but never really looked into what and why. The Globe and Mail wrote today: .government spokespeo...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Doubt - A Sermon Well Said
Sursum corda (lift up your hearts) from the Catholic Mass.As soon as the priest would utter the magic words ite, missa est which in Latin means go t...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Q & A with Rafael Goldchain
The photographs of Toronto-based artist Rafael Goldchain have been exhibited in Canada, Chile, the United States, Cuba, Germany, Italy, the Czech Rep...
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RAINCOAST BOOKS |
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Harper already in majority zone, but won't say it: Williams
I think Williams has made some very good points .From CTV: If [he] is prepared to slash program spending when he has large surpluses and break his...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Morning Brew - Spare Cents & Wined Illusion
The Olympic 'cleanup' begins, as up to 300 homeless will be swept off the streets and into housing by the Mental Health Commission next summer. Amil a...
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Beyond Robson |
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Rebecca, Che Guevara & My Pyrolytic Carbon Pipe
Today's blog really had its origins sometime in 1964 when I started smoking a pipe. My friend Robert Hijar was studying to get a fine arts degree at t...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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The Vancouver School
Although discussed ad nauseum by well dressed Emily Carr Grads and maybe those who saw the recent Roy Arden or Frew Herzog shows at the VAG, I still t...
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Beyond Robson |
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SWARM 08 Featuring Andrew Salgado
Local artist Andrew Salgado invited me out to his art opening at the Interurban Gallery, featuring the works of his series Boys' Night Out. Last nigh...
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Beyond Robson |
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Friday Art Splatter - September 5th
Well, as promised, I'm back to offer up another rundown of the weekend's aesthetic highlights. And if you're not still recovering from last week's mus...
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Beyond Robson |
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Friday Art Splatter - September 5
Well, as promised, I'm back to offer up another rundown of the weekend's aesthetic highlights. And if you're not still recovering from last week's mus...
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Beyond Robson |
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The Federal Tories: The Gang That Can't Think Straight
No matter how much money the federal Tories have in their coffers heading into the federal election expected to be called on Thursday no matte...
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VanRamblings |
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Taiwanes Cultural Festival is exciting with lots of music + I take Gregor Robertson onto a Taiwanese Dragon Boat
The Taiwanese Cultural Festival is one of Vancouver's most exciting festivals. It is truly a mixture of arts, culture, music and sports. And it feat...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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VLM, Crystal Pite & Her Hugo Boss Shoes
The two pictures that you see here happened because of the perseverence of my stylist Maureen Willick. I was given the assignment by VLM Editor/Publis...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Myth Makers Cabaret and Mud Wrestling
You are reading this right!!! RC Weslowski and I will be mud wrestling each other this Friday night. Something definately not to be missed!Friday, Aug...
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Commercial Drive Live! |
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Washington DC: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Of all the memorials on the National Mall, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is perhaps the most controversial of all. Just might as well as the US ...
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Chow Times |
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3 days until Vancouver Taiwanese Dragon Boat races... Gung Haggis practices in the rain... again...
3 days until Vancouver Taiwanese Dragon Boat races... Gung Haggis practices in the rain... again...Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team at last year'...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Morning Brew: The Setting Sun
Hey, where's my grant? I can be creative. No you can't. You can't even come up with a creative subject for an editorial. Complaining about the arts ge...
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Beyond Robson |
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In memoriam: Betty Ho goes to that big kitchen in the sky.
Betty May HoRest in Peace Betty Ho had a love of life that was big. It was so big, that when she retired - she kept living large. Betty went to Si...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Local artists and comic enthusiasts to hit the VAG
Taking advantage of the KRAZY! show at the Vancouver Art Gallery, a massive selection of local artists, big and small, along with tables and tables of...
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Metroblogging Vancouver |
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You know what's really KRAZY? It costs $19.95 to g
You know what's really KRAZY? It costs $19.95 to get into the VAG. Yup. More expensive than the Guggenheim, The Tate, The Metropolitan, the Louvre, an...
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Beyond Robson |
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Washington DC: The Smithsonian Museums
The rest of the day were spent at the museums. I am not sure exactly how many museums there are but I think there must have been over a dozen major ...
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Chow Times |
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Friday Art Splatter
This is my first attempt at what may become a regular feature here at Beyond Robson (though I'm away next week), the Friday art splatter - or arts pla...
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Beyond Robson |
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Morning Brew: August 13, 2008
It's thus far evaded our linking, but Naomi Klein's short piece on how China is using the Olympics as an attempt to create a 'Police State 2.0' is ess...
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Beyond Robson |
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